“. . . the University of Alberta is a public university and thus should be financed by public funds. It should not be run according to the business agenda of private corporations . . . . [H]igher education, the process of cultivating our children and grandchildren, is not a business. It is an essential human right and one in which a democratic and free society should take pride, and it is one that both the government and University of Alberta administration should ‘dare to deliver.'”

See Professor Marples’ full article, “Starving Arts Education is a Mistake,” at http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Starving+arts+education+mistake/6031467/story.html.